Villager owner grooming daughter to run downtown bridal shop
*The Villager*Downtown bridal shop makes big changes as mom prepares for daughter to take the reins.
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August 2010
Pen Point stationery shop ends 64-year run dowtown
Similar to many mothers of brides going back three generations, Pam Massey turned to Pen Point Paperie when she needed stationery for her daughter Sarah’s wedding in 2008. But last week, after 64 years of providing such niceties as wedding invitations, thank-you cards and high-quality pens for graduates, the downtown retail icon closed, and Massey
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New UM research parks director calls Discovery Ridge a development model
*Research Parks Director*Greg Williams to manage research parks for UM System, calls Discovery Ridge a development model
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TRYPS and PACE: Behind the scenes with children’s theater companies
Could Columbia become a pipeline through which local child actors make their way to Hollywood or Broadway?
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New Business Update: Galactic Fun Zone
*New Business*Former MU football players team up to open Galactic Fun Zone, with laser tag, arcades games and more.
Vinyl Revival: Record stores selling more vinyl albums
*Vinyl Revival*Old school records give the music industry a boost with the sweet sounds of nostalgia.
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Construction Updates: IBM Construction reaches mid-point
Construction of the IBM service delivery building began in May and is scheduled to be finished by the end of October. The company intends to hire about 800 workers by 2012 and last month posted on its website about 30 jobs that need to be filled, nearly all of them technical support specialists. No salary
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From the Roundtable: Lessons unlearned: Theatre, YouZeum sinkholes sapped donor base
The recently announced — presumably temporary — suspension of activity at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts has some of us wondering whether Columbia has the means to support such ambitious projects. The centerpiece, of course, was the complete renovation of the city’s largest movie palace, which cost about $10 million and ran about
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Downtown retailers respond to survey
Downtown retailers “were very responsive” to a shoppers’ survey conducted in November by the Special Business District, Director Carrie Gartner said. Nearly 300 shoppers participated in the survey, and the majority said the three major disadvantages of shopping downtown were the limited hours, lack of parking spaces and high prices. Many retailers began staying open
Econ Matters: City can defuse time bomb with defined benefit plan
I googled the phrase “pension bomb ticks louder.” To my amazement, 330,000 search results were returned. Gov. Jay Nixon just signed a bill that altered the state’s pension plan. Seemingly every state and local government is troubled by underfunded pension liabilities. Columbia’s 2009 financial report said that the city’s pension assets stand at about 65
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